Posted by peter gunn
a resident of Danville
on Mar 18, 2014 at 7:28 am

Boy, am I relieved to know that this fine, stable gentleman had the opportunity to exercise his precious Second Amendment rights! Just when you think you're safe around here, some large, dark house from San Leandro comes a-prowlin', late on a Saturday night, stalking you stealthily, mayhem on its mind, meaning to do you harm, just waiting for that one mistake, ready to make its move.

Fortunately, Citizen O'Sullivan was a-packin' that trusty sidearm and could defend himself by blasting away at the marauding house, and driving that cowardly bungalow bill to flee all the way back home, over There, where it belongs.

What would have been really instructional, is if the woman being shot at in the house quickly reached for her holstered loaded gun (since home invasion robberies are prevalent enough that carrying ones gun around the house is as important as it is when one is "out and about") and shot back to defend herself.
Then we would have seen how useful a gun is in situations like this. I wonder if a gun battle would have erupted.
Reminds me of the home invasion up in Round Hill North 10 to 15 years ago. The homeowner, and expert marksman respected by and known to police through his frequenting pistol firing ranges, observes from upstairs the gun wielding perpetrators, goes gets his gun from his room (wrong spot, should have been loaded and holstered) and comes back out to the upstairs landing and opens fire. The gun served him well, he killed one of the intruders, wounded the other, and in the process of becoming a hero to the fun gun loving crowd, he was shot and killed. Game over, dead, no longer a husband, no longer a father, no longer a friend, no longer enjoying life.
It begs the question, would he be alive today if he had not pulled the gun.